Welcome to the BE ENCOURAGED! Podcast - I am your host Jackie Brindle.

I am here to encourage you on the good and not so good days --- to lift you up and onward with faith infused encouragement.

More specifically, in the receive series, I hope to encourage you to believe in who God is and who He says He is, so that you can receive all that God has in store for you: blessings, peace, courage, your identity, and today ----- to receive PRAYER!

Prayer is a gift!

I remember when my grandmother would write me letters when I was younger. I was so eager to write her back.

A few years ago, my uncle sent me a package with dozens of letters that my grandmother saved, that I sent her.

She saved every single - sketch, silly joke I wrote, and my thoughts: from losing a tooth, desires of what I wanted to be when I grew up, to how cold the weather was in PA that year. I would often tell her how much I missed her, when she went away in the winter time to Florida.

I loved that she treasured all of my messages.

In the same way, in light of knowing who God is, He saves all of our messages -- PRAYERS --- to Him.

I wonder how big my envelop would be if I were to see it. I love that God cares about us all so much that He wants to have a relationship with us. He desires us to pray in repsonse to our faith.

It is a gift that renews our minds and soul.

Prayer encourages others, and it's more powerful than we tend to think.

Keep on praying, my friend --- it might just be the gift God and you need to receive today.

Press play and BE ENCOURAGED!

- Jackie

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